PRINTER'S NO. 2275
No. 1780 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ZUG, CREIGHTON, CALTAGIRONE, BARRAR, CAPPELLI,
FICHTER, GEORGE, HARHAI, PISTELLA, PRESTON, ROHRER, SATHER,
SCHRODER, TRELLO, TRICH, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 19, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 19, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), entitled "An
2 act providing for the incorporation as bodies corporate and
3 politic of "Authorities" for municipalities, counties and
4 townships; prescribing the rights, powers and duties of such
5 Authorities heretofore or hereafter incorporated; authorizing
6 such Authorities to acquire, construct, improve, maintain and
7 operate projects, and to borrow money and issue bonds
8 therefor; providing for the payment of such bonds, and
9 prescribing the rights of the holders thereof; conferring the
10 right of eminent domain on such Authorities; authorizing such
11 Authorities to enter into contracts with and to accept grants
12 from the Federal Government or any agency thereof; and
13 conferring exclusive jurisdiction on certain courts over
14 rates," providing for approval for the sale of an authority.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. The act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), known
18 as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, is amended by
19 adding a section to read:
20 Section 14.1. Approval for the Sale of Authority.--A. Prior
21 to the termination of any Authority and the conveyance of
22 Authority property to a private entity, the Authority shall
23 submit information regarding the proposed plan for review and
1 comment to the governing bodies of all municipalities served by
2 the Authority for ratification. The Authority shall also make
3 information regarding the proposed plan available for public
4 review and comment. The period for review and comment shall be
5 thirty (30) days.
6 B. The Authority may not conclude the sale of the Authority
7 property within thirty (30) days from the end of the public
8 comment period. If a municipality does not act on the proposed
9 sale within forty-five (45) days of its submission to such
10 municipality, it shall be deemed to have ratified the proposed
11 sale. If more than one-quarter of the municipalities,
12 representing more than one-quarter of the population of the
13 Authority's service area, as determined by the most recent
14 decennial census by the United States Bureau of the Census,
15 object to the proposed sale, then proposed sale shall be
16 disallowed.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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